MATTHEW   JEPHCOTT

INTRODUCTION

Matthew JEPHCOTT, our 4x gt grandfather, connects to the SQUIRES family via his granddaughter , Jane OLIVER, and her marriage to Richard TAYLOR .

Matthew's great granddaughter, Jane TAYLOR , married Charles Dunlop SQUIRES.

(See Ancestral Tree)



BIRTH & BAPTISM

Matthew's parents were Matthew JEPHCOTT and Elizabeth ASH.

Matthew was born in 1786 and, in the same year, baptised in Willoughby, Warwickshire on 30 June.



MARRIAGE & FAMILY

Matthew married Elizabeth HESOM on 10 February 1812 in Willoughby, Warwickshire.



Their marriage was witnessed by Mary Hesom, Ann Hart and Thomas Hesom. (Strangely, written in a different hand after his name is "Temperance Hall").

Their daughter Sarah Ann was born in 1816 and baptised in Willoughby, Warwickshire on 26 December 1816.

They had nine other children:
Jane
1812 -		Married George MALIN
27 June 1831
Plumstead

Children:
    1835 Martha
    1837 Ann
    1839 George 		Baptism
21 December 1812
Thomas
1814 -		Married Eliza SEAMARK
19 Nov 1838
Brixworth

Children:
    1842 Mary Jane

1851 Journeyman Bricklayer
Islington		Baptism
2 December 1814
Elizabeth
1818 - 59 		Married Joseph ALLEN
15 May 1838
Holy Trinity, Coventry
Rail Guard

Children:
    1842 Thomas
    1847 Elizabeth 		Baptism
9 October 1818
Mary
1820 - 87 		Married Simon CHICK
12 April 1858
Aston
Coach Maker 		Baptism
18 July 1820
Harriet
1823 - 75 		Married Joseph PRICKARD
22 March 1840
Coventry
Butcher		Baptism
22 May 1823
Catherine
1825 - 		Married William Henry HOBBINS
c1844
Coventry
Baker
Both minors, in presence of Sarah Ann Oliver		Baptism
8 May 1825
Caroline
1827 - 		Living at home in 1841 with William & JohnBaptism
1 July 1827
John
1829 - 		Living at home in 1851 with William, and niece Jane Oliver
William
1833 - 		Married Elizabeth ??

Children:
    1871 Frederick
    1875 Louise
    1878 Carrie

Jeweller, Watchmaker & Pawnbroker,
153 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham

Mother was living with him until he married in 1871, she then moved to Great Barr Street.

Joined a Freemasons Lodge Feb 1893 & resigned Sept 1894




WORKING LIFE
Willoughby Baptism Parish Registers
1812 Farmer
1814 Farmer
1816 Farmer
1818 Gentleman
1820 Grazier
1823 Farmer
1827 Farmer
Jury Lists

1814, 1815, 1817, 1820,
1822, 1823, 1825, 1831

Copyhold Farmer
Marriage of children
1838 Thomas Victualler
1838 Elizabeth Publican
c1844 Catherine Victualler
1858 Mary Farmer



The London Gazette for the Year 1837 Volume 1, Part 1

The Court for relief of Insolvent Debtors

The Matters of the PETITIONS and SCHEDULES of the PRISONERS hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard as follows:

At the Court-House, at Warwick, in the County of Warwick, on the 13th day of April 1837, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon.

Matthew JEPHCOTT, heretofore of Willoughby, Warwickshire, Farmer, Grazier, and Retail Brewer, afterwards of same place, Retail Brewer, afterwards of the same place Milkman and Farmer's Labourer, wife same time taking in washing and sewing, and late of Lower-Street, Hillmorton, Warwickshire, Victualler.




1841 CENSUS

By the time of the 1841 Census, Matthew and Elizabeth were living in "New Buildings", in the parish of Holy Trinity, Coventry with their children Caroline, John and William.

Matthew is described as a publican.

"New Buildings" was a short road just off Trinity Street and it is likely that the pub, possibly "The Cross Keys", was there, although it is not identified as such on the 1841 Census.



1851 CENSUS

By 1851 Elizabeth was living in Warwick Lane, Coventry at the Bell Inn but Matthew had died in 1846.

William (Engine Driver) and John (Smith), her sons, were living with Elizabeth together with Jane OLIVER her granddaughter.

Elizabeth is now a Licensed Victualer at the Bell Inn, opposite to Ford's Hospital.



DEATH & BURIAL

Matthew died at home in Derby Road, Holy Trinity, Coventry on 29 August 1846, aged 60 years, and was buried on 1 September at Holy Trinity, Coventry. Cause of death is reported to be "Fungus Haematodes", a form of cancer.








REFERENCES
  • UK Censuses (Ancestry .co.uk)
  • Warwickshire, England Burials 1813-1910 (Ancestry .co.uk)
  • Warwickshire England Baptisms 1813-1910 (Ancestry .co.uk)
  • England, Births & Christenings 1538-1975 (Ancestry .co.uk)
  • IGI www.familyseach.org
  • England Select Marriages 1538-1973 (Ancestry .co.uk)
  • London Gazette (1837 Volume 1, Part 1)